... I am hoping to upgrade to SX900 (Of course with an eye on the awesome Portamento detail features on YEM 2.8.1)
I am doing my research before taking the plunge. I opened some packs I downloaded from Yamaha website (*.cpf) and see that I am unable to edit the voices under these packs. Shows a lock symbol.
Has someone found a way on how to edit voices in these packs? (Tried extracting the file using a zip utility)
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Hi Live Musician Newbie,
The current free Yamaha Packs in .
cpf format can only be
imported into the YEM and from there installed on the model for which they were originally created. (Third-party .cpf files can even only be used on a specific instrument.)
Voices in .cpf Packs are locked in YEM and cannot be edited there. The content of a .cpf Pack is encrypted, except the first 32 hexadecimal bytes which contain something like:
XPFH....ENCI....
CSEC...PZQ|@_D|.After the Pack is installed on the instrument, you can of course edit the Voices THERE (e.g. Mixer/Effects/Voice Set) and save the edited Voice as a User Voice or in a Registration.
Voices from
unprotected (.
ppf) Packs, imported soundfonts (.
sf2) or voices created with your own samples in YEM
can be edited in YEM, of course.
Note that only with the
Genos and
Tyros5 is it possible to edit the instrument's internal
Preset Voices in the YEM. Unfortunately, this is
not possible with PSR-S, SX and PSR-A models.
Also note that all 25 new
PSR-A5000 Oriental Packs ("Arabic Pop" - "Turkish") are in .
ppf format. This means that these Packs can basically be used with all YEM-compatible models, and the Voices in these Packs
can be edited in YEM.
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https://uk.yamaha.com/en/products/contents/keyboards/vse/index.htmlBest regards
Chris